This one is for Tom and John

re·spon·si·ble (ri-spon-suh-buhl)
adjective

1. answerable or accountable, as for something within one’s power, control, or management
2. involving accountability or responsibility
4. capable of rational thought or action

synchronicity  (sink-ro-nis-iti)

noun

an apparently meaningful coincidence in time of two or more similar or identical events that are causally unrelated.

Greetings once more Dear Readers

This week’s post finds me fighting hard against the desire to hibernate for a wee while Not quite a full on slumber until summer, more of a snuggle up cosy on the sofa for a few days with a warm blanket, a hot chocolate and a lot of DVD’s affair Alas I’ve got a blog to write, followed by Shoulders and Triceps and personal training clients to attend to so any hibernating is going to have to wait until the weekend

The Ultimate Secret

I left you all last week with promises of revealing “the ultimate secret” This is the only single thing that you absolutely have to become an expert in to ensure success in your health and fitness endeavours” so without further ado here it is –

“You”

You may well be experiencing some form of anti-climatic comedown at this point. I’d apologise but I’m not actually sorry; I mean what were you actually expecting? It’s also happens to be true .

You need to take personal responsibility Experiment Try things, discover what works for you and once you’ve found something that works, stick with it, passionately, consistently and relentlessly

Want to know if low-carb dieting will work for you? Try it and find out Will you build more muscle if you increase your protein intake? Try it and find out

An exercise in self experimentation

In a wonderful case of synchronicity Tom Robertson (fellow PT here at The Scotsman) posted this link on his FB last Monday.

At the bottom of this fine article is another link to something even better ‘Experiments With Intermittent Fasting’. It’s a book written by John Beradi PHD of Precision Nutrition and, unsurprisingly given the title, details 6 months of self experimentation (in this case with Intermittent Fasting but it’s the underlying principles that are so pertinent here). It’s a brilliant example of someone doing exactly what I’ve just recommended above. It goes into great detail and is a really well-balanced, well-written piece of work that I’d be proud to have penned, well typed, myself

As John has written so eloquently on the practical steps of self experimentation and I can’t think of a thrilling way to improve on it for you I’m going to suggest you download his book and read it This will also be a great practical first step in taking responsibility

Having read the whole thing – any of you who are too lazy to do this haven’t really grasped the idea of taking responsibility yet – return to page 53 (64 on Adobe Reader) and start reading again from Self Experimentation : Try this at home! Continue reading to the bottom of page 62 (69 on Adobe Reader) and then ‘Like’ this post and ‘Share’ it on your FB page and ‘Tweet’ about it Go on it only takes a few seconds

Now read those vital pages, yes again so you can be sure you’ve truly grasped the principles necessary to set you on your way to becoming an expert in the only thing that really matters – you Your next and final step is to implement them. If any of you actually do this please let me know how you get on, I’ll be very interested to hear about it